Gearbox Backlash Adjustment
- Remove the steering gearbox assembly. Ref. to POWER ASSISTED SYSTEM (POWER STEERING)>ELECTRIC POWER STEERING GEARBOX>REMOVAL .
- Loosen the lock nut and adjusting screw.
- Apply a coat of grease to the sliding surface (B) of the pad - pressure (a) and seating surface (C) of spring - gearbox (b), and then insert the pad - pressure (a) into steering body.
- Charge the adjusting screw (c) with grease (D), and then insert the spring - gearbox (b) into adjusting screw. Then install on the steering body.
Grease:
Multemp AC-P
- Apply liquid gasket to 1/3 or more (A) of entire perimeter of adjusting screw thread (c).
Liquid gasket:
THREE BOND 1324G
- Tighten the adjusting screw to 35 N.m (3.6 kgf-m, 25.8 ft-lb), then loosen it.
- Tighten the adjusting screw to 6 N.m (0.6 kgf-m, 4.4 ft-lb).
- Loosen the adjusting screw by 20°.
- While fixing the adjusting screw, tighten the lock nuts.
Tightening torque:
49.4 N.m (5.04 kgf-m, 36.4 ft-lb)